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Ryan Gesell

Ryan Gesell, a native of Los Angeles, can be seen on screen and stage regularly. Recent film credits include Crossing Over and A Perfect Getaway. His television credits include The ShieldPrison BreakSeventh HeavenPassionsBoy Meets World, and more. He’s appeared in numerous commercials and PSAs as well as countless Internet shorts and Webisodes.

2026 Catalog for First-Year & Common Reading

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2026! From award-winning fiction, poetry, memoir, and biography to new books about the environment, current events, history, public health, science, social justice, student success, and technology, the titles presented in our common reading catalog will have students not only eagerly flipping through

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What Students Will Be Reading: Campus Common Reading Roundup, 2024-25

With the fall semester in full swing, colleges and universities around the country have announced their Common Reading books for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year. We’ve compiled a list of over 340 programs and their title selections from publicly available sources, which you can download here: First-Year Reading 2024-25. We will continue to update this

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